Walnut used me to boost her sales performance.

Just do it.

He covered his white hair, which was prone to gleaming in the darkness, with his hat, and then silently crept up behind the treasure-hunting group member who was mining alone nearby.

A sharp dagger silently rested against the neck of this treasure-hunting miner.

Looking at the reflection of the lamp on the ground, and feeling the cool touch on my neck.

The miner froze, and his digging stopped.

"Shh, you know what I mean, right?"

Jiang Bai's voice rang in my ears, and the touch of that cold dagger sent shivers down my spine.

Staring at the shadow cast behind him by the light, the miner nodded cautiously, afraid that any sudden movement might draw blood.

At the same time, he was also subtly observing his surroundings to see if the person who had kidnapped him had any accomplices.

He wasn't far from his companions, and if he could make a big commotion, they might notice the anomaly and come to rescue him.

The demon remained hidden in the shadows, not showing itself.

The miner could only see his own shadow and the shadow of the person holding him hostage behind him.

Jiang Bai didn't care about the miner's little scheme; even if someone found out, it wouldn't matter.

With his current strength, even without using elemental power, dealing with these treasure-hunting groups wouldn't be a problem.

The reason I only chose one to inquire about information was because I didn't want to cause trouble.

But he didn't just pick any random person.

Although all the members of these treasure-hunting groups were mining, this particular miner was the furthest away from them, dug the deepest, and obtained the best quality ore.

These ores were specially screened, with the best and most valuable ones stored in separate frames.

It's obvious that this is a veteran miner with ample mining experience. He might have been a miner who worked below this place before, and after the Abyss closed, he had nothing to do and joined the treasure-hunting group.

How did you get to this depths of the abyss?

The miner swallowed hard. "The seal on the Abyss has been broken. We took a shortcut here..."

"It's untied? When did this happen?" Jiang Bai asked, somewhat surprised.

They've been down for less than a week, and the seal has already been broken?

Or perhaps their coming down here was discovered, and the seal was broken to capture them?

Jiang Bai felt that the possibility was zero.

How could the General Affairs Department possibly break the seal just because one or two people entered the underground?

So something else must have happened.

"Three...four days ago..."

Hearing Jiang Bai's somewhat surprised tone, the miners realized who Jiang Bai was.

This was clearly an underground infiltration, definitely by someone in the same line of work.

But he didn't feel at ease, because sometimes those in the same industry are even more ruthless.

Do you know why the seal was suddenly broken?

"I don't know, it just suddenly came apart..."

"You're a miner, aren't you? How many years have you been mining in this abyss?"

"Not long... only a dozen years..."

Upon hearing this answer, Jiang Bai's mind raced, and he had a feeling that he had known it all along.

"More than ten years, so you should be very familiar with this underground area."

The roads in the Abyss were complicated, with caves leading to unknown destinations everywhere. Without a map, they had been wandering around blindly, relying on their instincts.

We don't even know where we are in the Abyss now.

An old miner was a good match to be their guide.

"fine……"

The old miner swallowed again, somewhat puzzled as to what he was planning to do.

Jiang Bai removed the dagger from his neck and twirled it.

He gave a wicked smile, looking even more like a villain than the treasure-hunting gang.

“We plan to go to the deepest part of this abyss. Since you are familiar with it, please lead the way for us.”

"Can I...can I refuse..." the miner said with a mournful face.

Going to the deepest part is several times more dangerous than sneaking in to mine.

At least it's safe for them to come in and mine, although there's a risk of being caught by the Thousand Rock Army.

But going to the deepest part might lead to death.

"What do you think?" Jiang Bai asked in return.

"No, we can't go!" The miner shook his head frantically, still shaken.

Jiang Bai raised an eyebrow. "Why?"

He still doesn't know what's down there, but the miners seem to know something.

The old miner sighed, "When we were mining before, we dug out that strange thing from underground..."

He was a legitimate miner before, not a member of the treasure-hunting gang.

That time, he went mining with the team, and when they used explosives to blast the rocks, they unearthed a huge crystal.

Since then, the entire Abyss has become extremely dangerous. Black mud has also increased, and the environment of the Abyss has become particularly bad.

Those luminescent luminescent crystals also appeared gradually after that.

"Those workers who had close contact with that thing all fell seriously ill, and some of them are still not fully recovered..."

Hearing his words, Jiang Bai became even more puzzled.

The Nail of Cold Heaven shouldn't have the effect of making people sick, right?

So, is the thing deep underground really the Frost Nail?

"What exactly is that?" Xiao suddenly revealed himself.

The old miner was startled when he saw the person who suddenly appeared.

He stretched out his arms wide, trying to describe just how big the thing was.

"A huge blue crystal was floating in the air and it was glowing..."

"Is this the color?" Jiang Bai took out a fragment of the Frostfire Nail.

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"Yes, yes, yes, the color is exactly the same!" the old miner nodded.

Jiang Bai realized that his guess was correct.

The thing underground should be the Frost Nail.

The nails from the frozen ground are not harmful to the human body, but the miners who came into contact with them fell ill, so they must have dug up something else.

"You dug up more than just that crystal, didn't you?"

"And there's black mud, so much black mud, it's like the crystal is wrapped up in black mud..."

"Hiss—" Jiang Bai gasped.

Upon hearing this description, Jiang Bai immediately thought of the upside-down Seven Gods statue he had discovered before.

Although these two are not the same thing, they are both shrouded in and corrupted by the power of filth.

As is widely known, the Frost Spikes fell from Sky Island.

According to the information he knew, the Abyss also had a sky nail that fell from the sky.

Will the erosion and contamination of the Frostfire Nail by these abyssal corrupting forces affect Sky Island?

Could this be another scheme orchestrated by the Abyss Order?

"You should know where that thing is, right? Take us there."

The old miner shook his head like a rattle-drum, "No, no, no!"

He came here to mine and make money, not to die.

The closer he got to that area, the more uncomfortable he felt, and staying there for too long could even be life-threatening, so he wouldn't go.

Jiang Bai planned to forcibly tie up the old miner and take him with them.

He looked at Xiao, who vanished instantly, demonstrating its refusal through its actions.

Jiang Bai sighed. Xiao was the kind of guy who was cold on the outside but warm on the inside, and he didn't want to involve others.

"Fine, just show us the way, and we'll get there ourselves."

Although I can't ask him to lead the way, I can still point out the direction.

"No problem, no problem!" The old miner couldn't wait for them to leave.

"Go through a mine tunnel from there, and keep going straight. There's a sealed cave. Go through that cave and you'll see the crystal directly..."

"there?"

Looking in the direction the miner was pointing, Jiang Bai was speechless.

It seems that the place was in the direction they came from, but the intersection was blocked, which is why they couldn't find it.

Jiang Bai wasn't worried that the miner was lying to him. He took out a lumen stone for illumination and walked in that direction.

Xiao appeared silently beside him.

"I should have just asked someone earlier, what a waste of time..."

Listening to Jiang Bai's grumbling, Xiao surprisingly uttered a sarcastic remark.

"I don't think you've wasted any time at all."

Jiang Bai didn't miss a single precious ore rock they encountered along the way.

Rather than saying Jiang Bai came to keep him company, Xiao felt that Jiang Bai was more like someone who came to mine.

Ironically, he can mine rock elements very quickly, and he can fly, so no matter how remote the mineral grows, he can dig it out.

Jiang Bai casually put a basket of white iron ore that the miners hadn't had time to take with them when they left into his storage space, and shrugged helplessly.

"There's no way around it, my master spends too much Mora. Last time he bought a folding fan and spent 3000 million Mora. If I don't save up more money, how can I afford to support him?"

Xiao's fingers tightened unconsciously; he didn't have Mora to give to the Emperor.

"Your Majesty...do you usually have high expenses?"

"Yes, he uses only the best things, he doesn't look at the price when he buys things, and he always forgets to bring Mora. He's very difficult to raise."

Jiang Bai, like a demon, recounts the bitter tears of his foster master.

He finally managed to earn some money, but as soon as Zhongli stepped out, his wallet was half empty.

"The Emperor should use the best."

Xiao didn't think it was wrong; if it were him, he would definitely give the Emperor the best as well.

Jiang Bai grinned and leaned closer, "Hey Xiao Shangxian, do you have any Mora? Could you lend me some?"

"No, I don't need anything like Mora."

"It seems even immortals are poor..." Jiang Bai sighed.

Xiao glanced at him but didn't say anything.

If you encounter any precious minerals next time, remind him.

As Jiang Bai walked, he spotted a green figure.

"Huh, what's this adventurer doing here?"